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Many of Britain’s hotels have taken on a ghostly aura. Far from scaring off potential visitors, inexplicable phenomena seem to be a highly marketable asset these days. In hostelries throughout the land, Grey Ladies (or Ladies in Black, or White, or Blue, occasionally a daring shade of Red) are reported to drift through walls and float over lakes, accompanied by spectral orbs and sudden icy chills. Hooves clatter at midnight, ghostly legions march past along old Roman roads, doors lock and unlock of their own accord, and hidden children laugh or sob on secret stairwells.

Historic buildings in atmospheric surroundings – of which Britain, with its long history, has many -- predictably take the lead in these alleged phenomena, coaxing medieval monks, Victorian serving girls, and unhappy lovers to revisit old haunts. If some grisly tale of a tragic death can be unearthed from bygone days, or better still, a skeleton in a cupboard somewhere, the psychic portents perk up no end. Specialist short-break operators can arrange all sorts of hair-raising experiences involving séances, dowsing rods and ouija boards for hopeful ghost-hunters, or at least, a promising setting in which they might just happen. Of course, nothing is guaranteed and the chances are you will enjoy a perfect night’s rest.

For most of us, the faint chance of some other-worldly experience adds no more than an amusing frisson to a hotel stay – at least, in broad daylight. For others, it’s a serious quest to prove there are more things in heaven and earth, undertaken only with quantities of recording equipment and a determination to stay awake all night. Certain hotels crop up repeatedly on the paranormal lists. Cornwall, in South-West England, famed as a land of myths and legends, is a classic venue for ghosts. Guests and staff of the Wellington Hotel in Boscastle have experienced many strange apparitions, dark shapes and inexplicable sounds, including a figure in period dress vanishing into a wall and an old lady passing through a closed bedroom door. Not to mention the mystifying case of a small dog (a real one belonging to a writer staying at the hotel), which suddenly got up and trotted out one night yapping and wagging ts tail as if being taken for a walk by some unseen presence.Immortalised in Daphne du Maurier’s novel, Jamaica Inn, once on a wild and lonely turnpike road across Bodmin Moor, has strong associations with smugglers.

Disembodied voices speak in the long-dead Cornish language, and a coach and horses crunches across the gravelled courtyard at midnight ... In fact, that courtyard was resurfaced with cobbles recently, yet the noise of the metal-rimmed wheels remains

the same as in olden times. Odd, isn’t it? But even odder is the stranger in 18th-century dress repeatedly observed sitting on a wall outside the inn. He neither speaks nor moves, but bears an uncanny resemblance to a former guest summoned by a message to meet someone outside. He left the bar and his half-finished tankard of ale, and was later discovered murdered on the moor. Has he returned to finish his drink? Coaching tales are a recurrent theme in some of our fine old former coaching inns.

The Molesworth Arms in Wadebridge is reputedly visited by a ghostly stagecoach at midnight on New Year’s Eve, its four horses whipped on by a headless coachman. At Dartmouth’s Royal Castle in Devon, a mysterious coach and horses draws up at the entrance to collect an unknown passenger and vanish into the night. The 15th-century

Holt Hotel at Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire is haunted by the notorious highwayman Claude Duval, a former footman to the Duke of Richmond. He was apparently so popular with lady victims that tearful petitions for his pardon accompanied him to his execution. A handsome timbered inn called The Feathers in Ludlow, Shropshire has several interesting ghosts. One is a woman who tries to drive rivals away by pulling their hair (beware Room 211 if you’re the female half of a couple staying here). Another is a Victorian gentleman with a dog, and a third seems to be a more modern apparition who confines her appearances to men only. She’s a pretty thing in a miniskirt and a see-through blouse who walks straight through cars parked outside. One shocked guest who witnessed this young lady felt in urgent need of a restorative brandy. Relaying his experience to the hotel barman, he was soon interrupted with the news that she had appeared to several guests on previous occasions.

One of London’s most haunted hotels is the five-star Langham opposite the BBC’s Broadcasting House. Its spectral residents include a silver-haired doctor who murdered his bride while on honeymoon, and a German officer who killed himself shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. Room 333 is said to be a haunted bedroom, as numerous BBC journalists attest.

Ruthin Castle, now a hotel in Denbighshire, North Wales, has a resident Grey Lady, believed to be the wife of one of King Edward I’s lieutenants. She murdered her husband’s mistress with an axe in a jealous rage and was later executed herself. The hotel is noted for its medieval-style banquets. Not all ghosts are sinister or ill-intentioned. In the spa town of Cheltenham’s De La Bere Hotel, a 15th-century manor house once used as a girls’ school, a former matron paces the corridors at night to check that her charges are behaving. In Scotland, Edinburgh’s four-star Royal Terrace Hotel is another much-haunted venue, whose blithe spirits include a nurse in 19th-century uniform, a child from the 1800s, and a gentleman enjoying a drink at the bar. There are also reports of cupboards opening and unbidden noises and movements.

For details of supernatural stays in some of the hotels mentioned above, contact

Haunting Breaks, www.hauntingbreaks.co.uk; tel: 01686 420301. Other spooky websites

include www.hauntedhotelguide.com and www.paranormaltours.com. To plan every aspect

of your holiday in Britain, and search a comprehensive database of quality-assured

accommodation, see www.visitbritain.com.

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The Icon 25 is a brand new development of 60 bright and stylish contemporary apartments consisting of one and two bedrooms.

They are ideal for short or long stay so whether for business or pleasure they provide a perfect alternative to a traditional hotel.

The Icon 25 is located within easy reach of the recently regenerated city centre with its vivacious cultural life.

The apartments are close to the many sophisticated shops in the Deansgate the Arndale Centre Printworks and Triangle as well as Urbis the new museum of urban life.

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For travellers Piccadilly and Victoria railway stations are just a few minutes walk away as is the new transport interchange.

Manchester International Airport is 12 miles away making Premier Apartments Manchester the ideal location.

The Northern Quarter is famed for its music and fashion heritage so whilst staying at Premier Apartments you will experience first hand the charm and character of the area.

Apartment Facilities Include Fully fitted apartments with full kitchen facilities including all white goods kettle toaster microwave cooker fridge freezer and washing machine Standard apartments contain one en suite bathroom and two bedroom apartments also contain a separate shower room The lounge and dining area contain colour TV and CD Player direct dial telephone with broadband connection payable locally and all soft furnishings Bedrooms with mirror wardrobes all bed linens and AM FM radio alarm clocksApartment Services Include All the qualities of a hotel with all the benefits of your own home Weekly Linen Towel change Weekly service clean for stays of 1 week or more Continental Breakfast Box available additional charge Check in time 2pm Check out time 12pm express checkout facility available Dry cleaning service additional charge Restaurant delivery service Grocery shopping service Welcome pack on arrival All major credit debit cards accepted Door intercom No minimum stay required except in peak event dates Laundry service providedCar Parking Car Parking spaces are strictly limited and are subject to availability.

Spaces must be pre booked in advance of arrival1st car charged at 12.

50 per night exiting the car park on departure before 12pm2nd car charged at 15.

00 per night exiting the car park on departure before 12pmExtra hours after departure time 12pm are charged at 2.

50 per hour Maximum of 2 cars per apartment 2 NCP car parks are located around the apartments for alternative parking arrangements.

Discounted rates are offered for Long Stay Guests please contact the apartments direct.

Check in InstructionsIdentification in the form of a Photo ID Driving License or a Passport will be required at check in.

A security bond may also be required.

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Our office opening hours are as follows Mon to Fri 9am to 9pmSaturday 10am to 7pmSunday 11am to 5pm For arrivals outside of these hours alternative arrangements can be made please contact the apartments in advance for further information We do ask for you to indicate on your booking your estimated time of arrival.

Cancellation policy is by 4pm the day prior to arrival failing to cancel before this time or in the result of non arrival a 1 nights charge will be levied to your credit card.

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	No of Rooms	60 rooms
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The Icon 25 Smithfield Northern Quarter 64 Shudehill
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From the North Follow the M62 onto the M60. Leave the M60 at Junction 17 and at the roundabout take the first exit sign posted A56 Manchester. Pass Tesco on the right hand side Travel down the A56 Bury New Road through Prestwich and for approximately 4 miles Go past HM Prison Manchester Strangeways on the left hand side Go past Salford Car Hire on left hand side At traffic lights turn left onto Trinity Way sign posted Leeds M62 and Oldham A62 pass MEN Arena on right hand side At traffic lights T Junction turn right go straight through the next set of traffic lights and pass CIS Building tall tower building on right hand side At top of road traffic lights T Junction turn right onto Shudehill Apartments are located in the Icon 25 BuildingFrom the South Follow M56 motorway to the end where it turns into the A5103 Princess Parkway Follow this road for approximately 5 miles heading for the city centre At the end of the road come to a roundabout and take the 1st exit onto the A57 sign posted Ring Road Bury A56 and Salford A6 Go under the bridge and move into the right hand side lane. At the traffic lights turn right onto Trinity Way sign posted Ring Road Bury A56 and Salford A6 At traffic signals turn left onto Irwell Street sign posted Ring Road Leeds M62 At traffic signals go straight forward sign posted Leeds through the next set of traffic lights sign posted Oldham A62 pass MEN Arena on right hand side At traffic lights T Junction turn right go straight through the next set of traffic lights and pass CIS Building tall tower building on right hand side At top of road traffic lights T Junction turn right onto Shudehill Apartments are located in the Icon 25 BuildingFrom the West Follow the M62 heading into Manchester city centre Continue forward onto the M602 and head towards city centre At the end of the M602 stay to the right hand side and follow signs for A57 Manchester city centre Pass Sainsbury Supermarket on left hand side Go through traffic lights and at next traffic lights turn left onto Irwell Street sign posted Ring Road Leeds M62 At traffic signals go straight forward sign posted Leeds through the next set of traffic lights sign posted Oldham A62 pass MEN Arena on right hand side At traffic lights T Junction turn right go straight through the next set of traffic lights and pass CIS Building tall tower building on right hand side At top of road traffic lights T Junction turn right onto Shudehill Apartments are located in the Icon 25 BuildingFrom the East From A57 or then later M67 head in towards Manchester city centre on the A57 Manchester Road which leads later onto Hyde Road Pass Showcase Cinema left hand side continue 3 miles towards city centre Pass Stagecoach Bus Depot on the right hand side and at the next traffic lights turn right onto Devonshire Street Stay on this road for approximately 1.5 miles passing Total Petrol Station World of Leather and American Golf all on the right hand side Keep going down dual carriageway pass Central Retail Park on the right side Keep going straight ahead on the dual carriageway bear into left hand side lanes At traffic lights go straight ahead onto a one way street no longer a dual carriageway At the traffic lights at the bottom of the street crossroads and can see CIS Building up ahead in front of you and to the left turn left onto Shudehill Apartments are located in the Icon 25 Building

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